Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards. This includes the allocation of funding to the National Governing Bodies of sport across its various programmes.

I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply in relation to the funding it has provided to the organisation for the years mentioned. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

In relation to capital funding, the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. A list of all allocations, under all recent rounds of the SCEP (including the latest round) is published on my Department's website at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/471ed5-sports-capital-allocations/.

For larger projects, the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was launched in 2018 to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, with at least €100 million being made available over the period to 2027. The first allocations under the LSSIF were announced in January 2020 and, thus far, approximately €86.4 million has been awarded to 33 different proposals. The projects that received provisional allocations and the amounts provisionally awarded to them are published on the Department's website at www.gov.ie/en/service/4113b3-large-scale-sport-infrastructure-fund-lssif/.